excluding

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 5.56 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of exclude
2. preposition to the exclusion of; not including

   Our lucky free draw winner will be treated to dinner, bed and breakfast, but the holiday must be taken before December, 1991 (subject to availability and excluding bank holidays).

Similar words

debar keep out leave off shut out expel kick out boot out omit turf out eject

Often followed by

the those all from any a them other women indians

Word family

exclude excluded excludes exclusion exclusionary exclusionist exclusions exclusive exclusively